October 06, 2006

Silicon Valley Summit Skews Low on Women

Caveats: I based the count on the attendee list, rather than
counting heads. Many attendees 'popped in' for the panels they were
interested in, rather than spending the entire day at the conference.
(Me included.)

Count:Women: 23Men: 202

Women at the 2006 Silicon Valley Summit: 10.22%

This seemed pretty typical of tech events, but given the venture
industry focus I expected it to have a higher portion of women. The
NVCA annual meeting, for example, had representation close to 17%.